corticosteroid
noun
Simple meaning
A steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
kɔɹtɪkoʊsˈtɛɹɔɪd
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Definition
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noun
biochemistrysteroids
A steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized; administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body's immune response
biochemistrysteroids
Any of a group of steroid hormones, secreted by the adrenal cortex, that are involved in a large range of physiological systems.
biochemistrypharmacology
Any of several synthetic hormones of related structure.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- C2 · Proficient (estimated)
- Frequency
- Rare
- Formality
- Technical
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: A steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized; administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body's immune response
Used this way, corticosteroid is a specialist word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It turns up most in technical or specialist writing contexts.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Specialist/technical
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Specialized
- Connotation
- Clinical and technical
- Usage feel
- Technical and specialized
Where it naturally appears
- Technical/specialist writing
Usage note
In general conversation this sense usually needs explaining — outside its field, people reach for a plainer word.
Nearby words
- corticoid , a specialist term, precise but narrower
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Related Words
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- inflammationnoun
- adrenaladjective
- orallyadverb
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Synonyms
Sense: steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex
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